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gardant: Hedgehog Middle Kingdom, XII-XIII Dynasty,...
gardant: Hedgehog Middle Kingdom, XII-XIII Dynasty, 1938-1700 B.C.E. Egypt Now located in the Brooklyn Museum When food is scarce, hedgehogs retreat into underground dens for long periods, only to...
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ziggurating: Cahokia Mounds – Largest Archaeological Site in...
ziggurating: Cahokia Mounds – Largest Archaeological Site in North America Preserving the remains of an ancient Native American city near Collinsville, Illinois, the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site...
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ziggurating: Reaching Back 2,000 Years to Unravel a Curse A...
ziggurating: Reaching Back 2,000 Years to Unravel a Curse A vegetable seller named Babylas was the target of an alarming curse nearly 2,000 years ago. Written on a lead tablet found in Antioch, one of...
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jtotheizzoe: Yeah, About That Whole “Mayan Doomsday Calendar”...
jtotheizzoe: Yeah, About That Whole “Mayan Doomsday Calendar” Thing … I think we might need to push the conspiracy theory back a few years, thanks to the discovery of a Guatemalan inscription that...
View ArticleOldest Porn in History? Earliest Ever Limestone Carvings Dating Back 37,000...
Oldest Porn in History? Earliest Ever Limestone Carvings Dating Back 37,000 Years, Believed to Depict Female Private Parts (if you have a vivid imagination): “Anthropologists working in the south of...
View ArticleLost in History: Who gets to keep shipwreck treasure? Supreme Court declines...
Lost in History: Who gets to keep shipwreck treasure? Supreme Court declines Spain case.: archaeologicalnews: The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the appeal of American treasure hunters...
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Archaeological News: Sotheby's auctions off priceless Peruvian artifact
Archaeological News: Sotheby's auctions off priceless Peruvian artifact: culturalsecurity: archaeologicalnews: A priceless piece of Peru’s cultural heritage was put up for sale last week at Sotheby’s...
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fl4b-t0-f4b: colortheplanetfitness: vegan-because-fuck-you: gi...
fl4b-t0-f4b: colortheplanetfitness: vegan-because-fuck-you: givemeaburger: The reality of factory farming. If it’s not good enough for your eyes, is it good enough for your stomach? I wish every...
View ArticlePaleolithic Stone Artifacts Found in China
Paleolithic Stone Artifacts Found in China: scinewscom: Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a collection of 37 stone artifacts at three new localities near the Liuhuaishan, an important early...
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minunthadia: Philistine pottery. TIL that a lot of scholars...
minunthadia: Philistine pottery. TIL that a lot of scholars today believe the Philistines may have been Mycenaean in origin, and that, although they adopted Canaanite and Aramaic, their original...
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tammuz: Statue of a worshiper from the Early Dynastic Era of...
tammuz: Statue of a worshiper from the Early Dynastic Era of the ancient city of Ur in Southern Iraq. The Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Photo by Babylon...
View ArticleTime Magazine and Wrong Skull Science
Time Magazine and Wrong Skull Science: pollylynn: Um. No. “Inca bones” are just one of many different types of ossicles—tiny pseudo-bones that form within cranial sutures. They have jack and squat to...
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On Anthropology: American Digger: Why it's Awful
On Anthropology: American Digger: Why it's Awful: on-anthropology: [Note: what follows are my own thoughts on this issue, which cannot be held as a representative for the sentiments of all...
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sans-merci: Dwarf Figurine, 550-850 CE, of Maya-Mexico culture,...
sans-merci: Dwarf Figurine, 550-850 CE, of Maya-Mexico culture, now locted at The Walters Art Museum Dwarfs were important members of royal Maya courts. They are portrayed serving food, playing musical...
View ArticleArchaeological News: Scientists Illuminate the Ancient History of...
Archaeological News: Scientists Illuminate the Ancient History of Circumarctic Peoples: archaeologicalnews: “Two studies led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and National Geographic’s...
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judasinvictus: Easter Island head. “Those statues which are the...
judasinvictus: Easter Island head. “Those statues which are the most photographed are standing in the quarry. They’re buried up to mid-torso level. So it’s understandable that the general public didn’t...
View ArticleArchaeological News: Road crew unearths new archaeological finds in Nine Mile...
Archaeological News: Road crew unearths new archaeological finds in Nine Mile Canyon: archaeologicalnews: NINE MILE CANYON, Carbon County — The crew members were down on all fours, working with hand...
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fariyahsn: Tens of thousands join Bahrain protest against unity...
fariyahsn: Tens of thousands join Bahrain protest against unity plans with Saudi Arabia MANAMA, Bahrain — Tens of thousands of protesters chanting “Bahrain is not for sale” jammed a major highway...
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thedailyfeed: Turns out the Easter Island heads have bodies,...
thedailyfeed: Turns out the Easter Island heads have bodies, too! Archeologists discovered bodies beneath the 887 stoic faces after 12 years excavating and studying the statues. “They’re buried up to...
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